The professional sports industry has embarked upon something of a data transformation over the last decade, both in terms of the way play is analyzed and the way content is served up to fans. One significant example can be found in Spain, where the national football league, LaLiga, has pivoted towards a data-centric model designed to improve the quality of resources available to teams and, by extension, the end-result for spectators. To find out more, we spoke to Rafael Zambrano, Head of Data Science at LaLiga Tech, who talked us through the league’s new data strategy, the purpose of its dedicated technology arm and the ways in which the sport will evolve as the usage of data expands.
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